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' FULL TIGHTS.

Patent dApr. 30,.-1889..

Nbi 402.202..

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SPECIFICATION forming art .of Letters retest No. 402,202, dated A ril 30, 1es9l= Application filed November 8, 188-7. Serial No. 254.617. (No model.)

Be it known that I, SIMON SUTTON,'a citizen of theYUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county .of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Full Tights; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact'descriptron of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being made to the accom-.

panying drawings, and to the letters and ,fig-

A ures marked thereon, which form a part of the specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an iniproved :artieie of "manufacture styled in theatrical circles and known to the trade as ful1"tights; and -'my invention consists in the improved article constructed as hereinafter-specified and claimed. 2o,

' tic'le, preferably making use of a knittingmachine as, for instance, the, Lamb 'knit-' i In carryingout myinvention I knit the ar ting-machine to. knit the entire article, or in certain cases the complete article withnthe exception of the draw-cord that maybe sometimes eniployed and serve to tighten or fasten it about the; waist, of the wearer: Exact measurements in certain instances are made intended tofit, including thewaisft and pro-v V :aOf the individual;forwhom the full tightsare ceeding downward to -the pedal ezrtremities, taken ,everyfew inches apartor at such "distanc-es as will give aclose approximation in estimating the proportionsof.the articleor garment to fit the Waist, hips, thighs, knees, legs, and feet, ineluding the toe port-ions.

This is to serveas a guide in the knitting and formation of the garment in making the same r f to order, as is frequently the case in meeting 40 the demands of the theatrical profession, of

"theathletic sporting fraternity, and others. WVhen the full tights are made for the trade, they are shaped to certain regulation sizes, i such as commercial custoni'recognizes in this line of goods. Taking one of these as an example, the process may be stated as illustrative of that practicedin making the vari ous other regulation sizes, and as indicative, also, of that carried out in knitting and finishing the garment to exa'etmeasurements for an individual. I

When a machine of the order known as the Lamb, Knitting-Machine is employed (a machine being preferred in manufacturing on a large scale) and a garment of a certain size 'is to be made, I set up three hundred and fourteen needles with which to commence the Work, these needles being'supplied with yarn Work with the tight gage or with the cams set,

web. I then widen out twenty-two needles on each of the four corners of I the mach ne,

needleand that of the. next. Then I knit about ninety rounds, (denending upon the length 'of'the waist,). ;this bringing-the work 'downto thecrotch. Then I run one-half of the work 0d. The stitches that are dropped onto the machine'are held from raveling by a thread drawn through them, and then knitting is proceeded with to make one of the legsof the garment, which may be eitheifthe right or left leg, the narrowing being dene on side thigh and leg seam of ordinary tights "and'similar garments, and the foot and toe 'ways. Then the stitches that were dropped through them are transferred back onto the machine, and the other leg and foot of the garment are mad e in a. similar manner.

that is, those parts extending from the crotch tothe pedal extremities-is preferably, in all essenti. respects, the'same as that described and claimed'. i my application, Serial No. 252,027, filed not be particularly described here. In the drawings, F view of the garment as it appears whenworn.

the top being broken away toslio'wthe draw cord as held in the u pper heih'. t

A is the right legof the garn'ient, extending from the line a c at the crotchrl down to the pedal extremity.

to produce short stitches, so as to make a close portions being knit in aiiyof the ordinary ctober17, 1887, and hence need in the usual manner and operated to producev a selvageedge at the top of the garment. I then knit about ninety rounds of circular withsix rounds between the addition of one that is, of that 'part to be transferred back a line extending downward from the crotch, corresponding in position to that of the 111* .and held from-raveling by a thread drawn The manner of knitting, narrowing, and finishing each of the legs of the garment,

lgure 1- -18 a quarter front v Fig. 2 is a rear view of the garment'ta part at B is the left leg, corresponding .in shape and dimensions with the right leg. The line a a denotes the point at which the first ninety rounds of circular work'ends in' knitting the garment, the top edge of the knit work being produced with a selvage edge in using a-Lamb knitting-machine by first binding oil the three hundred and fourteen needles with which the work is commenced. The dperation of binding off is the usual one of setting up the needles to form a selvage edge, and consists in first pushing up a needle as far as it will go, placing the yarn in its latch, and then pushing the needle down into its place in the bed of the machine, this operation being repeated after each of the needles set up. The extreme top portion is turned down on the inside and stitched to form a hem, h, about an inch in depth to form a drawcord channel for the draw-cord whose ends 1' i are designed to hang down inside of the garment, as shown in Fig. 2. This hem is usually made after the garment is otherwise completed.

From the line a a widening commences and extends to the line b b, the widening being 1 produced on the above. machine by twentytwo needles on each of the four corners of the machine with six rounds between the addition ofeach needle and that of the next.

From the line b b plain circular work commencesand extends to the line a 0, about -ninety rounds being knit, (depending upon the length of the waist,) this bringing the work down to the crotch'd. C isthat part of the garment extending from the top thereof approximately to the line a a, and is called the waist portion. D is that part extending approximately from the line a a to the line 0 c, and is called the hip portion. Onehalf of the work at this point is run off the machine, whereupon the knitting of one of the legs is begun, and the leg as knitted is narrowed on the inside. of the thigh portion on the line, do to the point e. Circular work then commences, extending to the point f. Then narrowing on the inside of the leg portion proper commences and extendsdown to the point gat the topof the ankle, after which the foot is'knit and finished in any ordina- 1 nanner, or it may be made as fully describe in the application above referred to. The stitches that were run off are now placed upon the needles again, and the other leg is .then knitin asimilar manner. The result of this method of manufacture is a pairof seamless tights, with the exception of the pickedup stitch-seams of the heels, that may be producedlas stated in said application, and the line of stitching about the topof the upper portion in forming the hem h. Even these lines of stitching may be dispensed with, the top of the garment being thickened to such an extentin knitting it with tight gages as to obviatetlie necessity of a'draw-cord or any other means of tightening it up to hold. about the waist, and the foot portions being knit without any seam or seams in any known manner.

possibly the exceptionin some cases of thepicked-up stitching in the heels, and in some cases the hem about the waist,) with no seam anywhere in the garment in a position to be subjected to the strains most likely to prove damaging to tights, as those produced by the violent physical exertion or bending of the legs and body of the wearer-that is,the garment is withouta seam either in front or rear of 'its waist and hip portion, while the widening of that part, considered as a-whole,

is at the sides, thus adding much ,to its comeliness as a garment designed to fitclosely to the skin, and as appearing, as far as may be, to form a part thereof, as well as'addingto its strength and reliability. The lines of great est strain, extending upward from the crotch both in front and rear, are thus provided with continuous-knit material, making the garment of homogeneous texture and uniformly elastic, and thus obviating the inelastic seaming, orthe elastic but less secure seaming or stitching (as by picked-up stitches) heretofore used. These features, in connection with that of narrowing the legs A B on the lines of the inside thigh and leg portions of the garment, as at d e and f g, make the gar inent one of special value in theatrical and sportingcircles, because of its. reliability in enduring strains without severing or ripping of seams, and because of its symmetry of outline enhancing its beauty.

It is to be understood that the garment may or may not be produced with a hem at its top for a waist draw-cord, and, also, that the foot portions may be knit in any of the commonly-practiced methods, or said feet may be knit and have certain lines of picked-up stitching, as set forth and claimed in my pending application above referred to; hence I do not desire my'invention to belimited to the precise constructions of said parts or to any particular form thereof. I

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire "to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. As an improvedmanufaeture, knitted tights having a'seamless waist portionof plain circular work and a seamless hip por- 1 tion, the latterbeing widened out from the substantiallyv as shown and described,

1 30 line a a to,the line b-b, or approximately so,

24m; an improt edmanufacture, knitted tights having a seamless waist portion of plain circular woriqand a seamless hip portion which is widened on the two opposite sides of the garment, substantially as shown and described. f i '3, As an improved manufacture, seamless knitted, tight-s havinga waistportion, O, of plain circular work commencing at thetiipof' the 'arment and extending-t0 the line a a, the ip portion D, widened from the line a a to the line b b, orapproxiinately so, and then knit in plain circular work to the point orline c c at the crotch, substantially as shown and described; '4. As an improved manufacture, seamless knitted tights having a waist portion of plain circularwork, 'a hip portion widenedfrom the line a a to the line b b, or approxi- :20 matelyso, and then plain circular work to the .5. As an improved manufacture, seamless knitted tights having legs narrowed on their ii'is'i'de "linesfromt-hepoirrts-45Ltethepoint-ac, l

and from points f to points 9, and having Waist and hip portions formed continuously therewith and of circular knitted work, substantially as shown and described.

' In testimony whereof I attix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I SIMON 'i. SUTTON. Witnesses:

' PHILOMENA M. GABON, (IrIARLEs A. FoLsoM. 

